Long Wedesday

There were predictions for rain today; I was pretty disappointed because I had planned a 9 mile run. Thankfully, it didn't rain and I was able to run--it was freezing though. My body is still somewhat sore from Monday, my gluts hurt like crazy and I have a yoga and strength training class today. Hopefully it isn't too painful. I am looking forward to yoga, since its basic Hatha yoga and concentrate on breathing and relaxation; it is a nice de-stressor for my days. I also need a little de-stressor because my group for school isn't pulling their weight with the project. I swear, it very annoying because this is our last semester of school and they are slacking off so much. I can't believe they can't even follow through with basic communication. It really isn't that hard, especially because they are the type of people who are always on the phone 24/7. It makes no sense that they can't respond to a simple text.

Besides my mini-rant (it’s possible that I will continue to complain about these people for the restof the semester). I was watching a documentary called Dive. It is about food waste and how America is the leading nation in waste production. It made me think, especially when it stated that Americans waste about 50% of our food supply through production, transportation, consumption, exportation, and actuallyselling the food. It is mind boggling, how we always state that we want to cure world hunger however, we can't even stop our nation's hunger problems.


There are so many people suffering from food insecurity, it may not seem obvious because food insecurity isn't just defined as not having enough food. It can mean going hungry for a period of hours (as in skipping breakfast or lunch) because you are not sure if you are going to have an enough to eat for dinner. I went to asymposium a while back; food insecurity was one of the topics. It said that if you live in a family with children and the adults skip meals to protect the children from going hungry, then they are suffering from mild insecurity.

However, if the children often skip meals because of lack of food, then that is considered dangerous or serious food insecurity. My question is when is mild and major food insecurity? No one deserves to skip a meal. In my opinion, if anyone skips a meal because there is a lack of food, they are suffering frommajor food insecurity. If you are hungry--no matter your family size, it is shame to our nation. A nation who strives themselves on caring for their citizens, yet can't make sure everyone is properly fed. It’s disturbing to know that all this food that is being wasted can't go to the mouths of the people who need it. 

The documentary discusses the fact that most of the food from supermarkets such as Trader's Joes, Whole Foods, Vons, Ralph's, etc. end up in the garbage because they are either near the expiration date or because it appealing to the eyes. Most of this food is still useful and valuable. In the documentary they will dig outcarts full of food that was still valuable to eat, if frozen it can last a while or if it was immediately prepared in mass quantities (such as in food shelters) it would not be a problem. The thing that was most provocative, was the fact that these supermarkets barricaded their trash cans because they knew that people were dumpster diving. They preferred to ensure that their garbage would get all moldy and return to a dump instead of having someone eat it for dinner. Trash, is trash, if someone throws it into the dumpster it would signal that they no longer need or want it therefore it no longer has value. However, they do get offended when people dig it out. Am I noticing a trend in society here? The wealthy try to humiliate and barricade any access to progress.

Today’s food:

Breakfast: (1/2) of smoothie made from 10 bananas, 10 dates, 3 pears

Lunch: other half of smoothie

Snack? Small pinch of raisins and 1 dried apricot smuggles from sprouts bulk section when shopping

Dinner: fruit salad made from 1 apple, 1 pear, 3? Cups of grapes and two peaches

            Left over frozen smoothie

Exercise: 9.12 mile run

            30 min strength training

            45 min of light gentle yoga